[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2301.1]

[Page 479]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
       CHAPTER XXIII--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
                 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2301_PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 2301.1  Program purposes.


    Pursuant to section 390 of the Act, (The Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended), the purpose of the Public Telecommunications Facilities 
Program (PTFP) is to assist, through matching grants, in the planning 
and construction of public telecommunications facilities in order to 
achieve the following objectives:
    (a) Extend delivery of public telecommunications services to as many 
citizens in the United States as possible by the most efficient and 
economical means, including the use of broadcast and nonbroadcast 
technologies;
    (b) Increase public telecommunications services and facilities 
available to, operated by, and owned by minorities and women; and
    (c) Strengthen the capability of existing public television and 
radio stations to provide public telecommunications services to the 
public.